The Nerd Reich
Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
$32.75
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
1 September 2026
Summary
A fearless and urgent exposé of technofascism – and a road map to resistance.
When Silicon Valley ‘moves fast and breaks things’, the world interprets the chaos as a necessary cost of innovation. Gil Durán reveals something far more sinister afoot: a decades-long campaign to replace elected governments with corporate rule.
Drawing on insider political experience and new investigations, Durán traces this ideology from its philosophical roots in The Sovereig…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781398555938 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1398555932 |
| Author: | Gil Durán |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 1 September 2026 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 153mm x 234mm |
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Critics Review
‘Gil Durán is an essential voice on this technofascist moment – and where it comes from and where we are going’ – Carole Cadwalladr, investigative journalist, The Nerve
‘A clear and compelling account of the threats posed by technofascism to democracies everywhere’ – Ruth Ben-Ghiat, historian and author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present
‘Reader take note: Gil Durán is a deep, thoughtful and expansive observer of events that shape the current and future of our American democracy’ – George Lakoff, author of The All New Don’t Think of an Elephant!: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate
‘The Nerd Reich is a clarion warning about the rise of techno-fascist sociopaths who seek to profit off of our collective misery. In clear, compelling and meticulously researched detail, Gil Durán sounds the alarm about this incestuous cabal of broligarchs. He brings the receipts and the righteous rage’ – Wajahat Ali, The Left Hook
Gil Durán
Gil Durán was born in Tulare, California, the grandson of Mexican immigrant farmworkers. He started his journalism career at the Mercury News. As the newspaper industry hit turbulence, he pivoted to politics and spent ten years as an adviser to politicians, including Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, and Kamala Harris.
In 2018, he returned to journalism as California opinion editor of the Sacramento Bee and then became editorial page editor of the San Francisco Examiner. Now an independent journalist, he publishes two newsletters: The Nerd Reich, focused on extremist tech politics, and FrameLab, focused on political language.
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